OJ Simpson to appear in Las Vegas courtroom Monday

OJ Simpson to appear in Las Vegas courtroom Monday

By Molly Waldron. CREATED May 11, 2013

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom Monday will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity.

His 1995 trial is the stuff of legends, the precipitous fall of a Hall of Fame football player who, although acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, was never absolved in the public mind.

Less is remembered about the 2008 Las Vegas trial that sent Simpson to prison for a bizarre hotel room robbery. Monday he goes to court to seek a new trial in that case.

It is a last-ditch effort that will decide the ex-football star's future. But Simpson's past -- as always -- will be the backdrop.

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